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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 256
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize Jennifer O'Loughlin-Brooks, who has received the |
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2006 Texas Professor of the Year award from the Carnegie |
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Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for |
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the Advancement and Support of Education; and |
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WHEREAS, Professor O'Loughlin-Brooks joined the |
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Collin County Community College faculty in 1995 and became a |
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full-time professor in 2002; she brings excellence to the |
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classroom and is especially noted for her commitment to research |
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and her leadership in the national psychology honor society, |
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Psi Beta; and |
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WHEREAS, She created and taught the first honors general |
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psychology course at Collin County Community College and helped |
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create the college's first general psychology service-learning |
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philanthropy course; she received the college's exemplary |
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teaching scholarship four times, and she was named Outstanding |
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Professor for the years 2004 and 2006; and |
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WHEREAS, She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and |
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speech communications from Texas Christian University in 1991 |
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and a master's degree in experimental psychology from |
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Emporia State University in 1994; she is an associate editor for |
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the Journal of Psychological Inquiry, and her work has been |
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highlighted in the Monitor magazine published by the American |
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Psychological Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Jennifer is a dedicated and gifted teacher whose |
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teaching has inspired a love of learning in her students and has |
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encouraged them to continue pursuing higher education; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, |
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80th Legislatuare, hereby commend Jennifer O'Loughlin-Brooks |
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for her exemplary teaching skills and congratulate her on earning |
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the 2006 Texas Professor of the Year award; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. |
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Shapiro |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on February 20, 2007. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |